Confused about version in config.xml vs package.json

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I’m working on an Ionic (v3) app that goes to Android and IOS. I’ve seen mixed messages on the web regarding which file I should update my version number.
config.xml:

<widget id="abc" version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"

package.json:

"version": "1.0.0",

or both?

I thought I read that config.xml was the driver of version, at least for Android. However, I came upon the npm package ionic-version that updates package.json only.

Can someone please shed some light on the difference between these version numbers as it relates to Ionic Apps and publishing to Apple/Android.

Thanks!

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Read the description of ionic-version again - it explains that it is needed additionally to npm version ... that only updates package.json so config.xml gets updated. So yes, the apps get their value from config.xml and not package.json.

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Thanks. I get it now. I didn’t really understand what it meant before.

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